Chapter 470: The War Begins!
Chapter 470
A change in the southwest attracted a change in the entire empire, and even Wang Chong could feel this smell in the dark prison. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The people of Dali Temple and Honglu Temple originally stared at themselves every day, but during this time, even Dali Temple and Honglu Temple rarely appeared. The jailer who occasionally came in to deliver food also seemed absent-minded.
The entire capital was slaughtered.
"It seems that the time to decide is almost there!"
Wang Chong said secretly in his heart. Although he was anxious, in the dark prison, Wang Chong couldn't do anything, so he could only wait silently.
"Chong'er!"
It was ten days before I saw Uncle Wang Gen again. The uncle was dressed in an official uniform, his face was old-fashioned, and his expression was very serious.
Seeing the uncle, Wang Chong's eyelids jumped wildly, and he suddenly had a very bad feeling in his heart.
"The imperial court has already made a decision!Order Xian Yu Zhongtong to lead the eighteen elites of the Annan Protectorate to set off immediately and attack the Southwest Mengshezhao Empire to punish Ge Luofeng's attack on the Tang Dynasty!"
"What?!"
Hearing the news, Wang Chong's heart was cold, and he felt cold from top to bottom. Suddenly remembering something, he threw himself in front of the fence and walked through the cell:
"Uncle, how can this be? Aren't you, King Song, and Concubine Taizhen already intervening? Isn't there anything you can do to stop it as the three of you?"
King Song, the Wang family, plus the Taizhen Concubine behind Yang Zhao, these are definitely the three major forces and giants in the Tang Dynasty. With the strength of the three parties, the union is definitely pivotal, enough to change the resolution of the imperial court.
Wang Jian sighed, and did not hide it, so he told the story in detail.
After seeing Wang Chong in the secret prison, Wang Jian almost went to see King Song at that time, plus Yang Zhao was Wang Chong's brother-in-law, these three forces were definitely enough to change the court.
However, both Wang Qian and Wang Chong underestimated a person.
"Is it the Yao family?"
A cold light flashed in Wang Chong's eyes, and he suddenly interjected.
"If it's just the Yao family and the King of Qi, it's fine!"
Wang Yan sighed and shook his head. The court battle of that day, only those who have experienced it know how fierce it is, when Wang Gan and King Song, who have always been the main battle, stood up against the attack on Meng Shezhao, the entire court was shocked.
For a long time, there was a dead silence in the hall, and no one spoke. And what is even more surprising is the Yao family and King Qi.
The two families seem to have been staring at the Wang family and the Song king, but when Wang Gen and the Song king stood up against the war, the Yao family and the Qi king, who had always advocated the withdrawal of troops, suddenly went against the norm and stood up and loudly accused the Wang family and the Song king.
It is said that the two families are in collusion, receiving the benefits of Ge Luofeng, and strongly advocating war against Mengshe. But that's all there is to it.
After all, the Yao family and the King of Qi were still inferior to the union of the Wang family, the King of Song, and Concubine Taizhen after all, but in the end, no one expected that the most prominent and low-key person in the past suddenly stood up and completely changed the outcome of this court dispute.
"Who?"
Wang Chong said tightly in his heart.
"It's the Prime Minister!"
Wang Yan let out a long sigh and said the answer.
"Buzz!"
As soon as Wang Gan's voice fell, there was a sudden dead silence in the dark prison. Wang Chong opened his mouth, his pupils contracted suddenly, and he couldn't say a word.
"Li Gonu ......"
The name was like a thunderbolt, rolling and waving, passing through Wang Chong's mind and sending out endless echoes.
At that moment, thousands of thoughts came to me like snow......
In the Tang Dynasty, there was no higher position than the prime minister. It is really under one person, above ten thousand people.
Whether it is the Wang family or the Yao family, they are inextricably linked to this position. The reason why the Wang family can be called the family of generals also has a lot to do with this.
However, whether it is the old man of the Wang family, who is respected by the world as the ninth prince, or the old man of the Yao family, Yao Chong, has already withdrawn from the phase.
The current prime minister of the Tang Dynasty has long since changed.
Li Gonu is really that little character!
In the Tang Dynasty, this is unusually low-key. It is unique for him to be so low-key in such a prominent position as the prime minister.
Many people have even forgotten that he exists.
However, Wang Chong never dared to underestimate him.
"Unexpectedly, it's actually him......"
A sharp light flashed in Wang Chong's eyes.
In the entire Tang Dynasty, what Wang Chong feared the most was not the Yao family and King Qi, but this prime minister who was obviously prominent, but invisibly always made people forget about himself.
In the entire Tang Empire, except for himself, I am afraid that even his own uncle does not know how terrifying the prime minister who is usually like a spring breeze and a gentle existence is.
Everyone far underestimated this "Lord Mingxiang".
In the battle in the southwest, this Lord Ming Xiang would join in unusually, which Wang Chong could not have imagined.
The Yao family, the King of Qi, and the Ming Xiang of the Tang Dynasty, this power can completely offset the power of the Wang family, the King of Song, and Concubine Taizhen.
“...... Also, there is one more thing. Zhang Qiu and Qiong, at the critical moment, Zhang Qiu and Qiong also stood on the side of King Qi and the Yao family!"
"Ahh
Wang Chong was really stunned at this time.
Zhang Qiu and Concubine Taizhen are of one faction, and they are extremely close. When Yang Zhao entered Beijing, it was funded by Zhang Qiu and Qiong.
Concubine Taizhen and Yang Zhao opposed this war, but Zhang Qiu and Qiong, as the secretary of the military department, stood on the side of King Qi, which no one could have imagined.
Forget about a Ming Xiang, plus a military department Shangshu Zhang Qiu and Qiong...... , this court dispute is basically the overall situation has been decided.
Wang Chong was silent for a moment.
"This is also something that can't be helped! His position as the secretary of the military department has not yet been secured, and he is originally the protector of Annan in the southwest. If there is a problem in his own territory, the pressure on Zhang Qiu and Qiong can be imagined! Almost all of the generals under his command support the war against Meng Shezhao, and if Zhang Qiu and Qiong retreat at this time, he will not be able to sit firmly in the position of the secretary of the military department in the future. ”
Wang Yan said helplessly.
Zhang Qiu and Qiong's pursuit of power is too strong. After more than ten years of repression on the border, his pursuit of power and status is far stronger than others.
In this court dispute, Wang Gan originally thought that it could be delayed for at least twenty days, but he found that at this point, he was completely out of control.
Wang Gen had no choice at all.
In the dark prison, quietly. Whether it was Wang Chong or Wang Gan, neither of the uncles and nephews spoke, only the torches on the wall swayed and crackled!
"Chong'er, what do you want to do next?"
Wang Yan looked at his nephew in the secret prison and said.
All the strategies were arranged by Wang Chong, and he had already told him what was happening in the court, and the next thing could only be decided by Wang Chong himself.
"I can't think of it or I can't avoid it......"
Wang Chong let out a long sigh in his heart, extremely bitter.
Ge Luofeng attacked the Tang Dynasty, and the imperial court decided that Xian Yu Zhongtong led 180,000 elite Tang elites to the southwest...... , if it is Zhang Qiu and Qiong who lead the team, if Zhang Qiu and Qiong are still in the southwest, or the final result will be relatively better.
But now Zhang Qiu and Qiong have been attracted by the power technique, and the position of the secretary of the military department has also become a shackle around his neck, it is easy to leave and come to the southwest, but it is difficult to return to the southwest!
It is impossible for a military secretary to leave the Beijing division and go to command the elite of the 180,000 frontier guards, and there is no precedent in the history of the Tang Dynasty!
People are not as good as heaven, and they have been trying to avoid this war. Unexpectedly, it was inevitable in the end.
At this point, the last glimmer of hope in Wang Chong's heart was also shattered.
Even if it is unavoidable, it can only be faced calmly.
"Uncle, when did Xian Yu Zhongtong leave?"
Wang Chong tilted his head and closed his eyes.
"Four days ago, the news was sent with the fastest golden eagle in the fastest palace. It should be delivered in two days. With Xian Yu Zhongtong's reaction, it should be another two days before he will lead the army to go out and contact the Mengshezhao Empire. ”
Wang said.
“...... It's too late!"
Wang Chong let out a long sigh in his heart. It was a long way from Jingshi to the Southwest Annam Prefecture, and even the fastest bird had to be six days later.
And by that time, everything had already settled, and it was too late to say anything.
"Uncle, take me out of here......"
Wang Cheng said suddenly.
......
"Knock knock!"
Across thousands of mountains and rivers, sweeping through heavy spaces, in the distant southwest land, dark clouds were thick, and a long distance of drumming suddenly rose to the sky.
The sound of the drums that shook the heavens woke up the earth and the entire southwest.
In the southwestern land, such a heavy beating of drums has not been heard for a long time. And the last time this kind of thunderous rhythm sounded in the sky was more than ten years ago.
"I was summoned by the imperial court to punish Meng She's edict to promote my Tang Tianwei!"
In front of the magnificent and vast palace of the Annam Metropolitan Protectorate, a solemn, and at the same time extremely majestic voice resounded in the sky.
The new Annan Dadu is guarding Zhongtong, dressed in a drape, exuding waves of cold and powerful aura all over his body, standing on a high point and standing on a high point.
On the platform, the flags are unfurled, and they stand tall one by one, like the pillars of optimus, straight into the sky.
On the platform, the atmosphere was standing, and the 180,000 elite armor halberds of the Tang Dynasty guarding the southwest of the empire were dotted one by one, forming a dense array, and the black pressure was like dark clouds arranged in front of the Annan Protectorate.
"Fight! Fight!"
A Tang elite brandished a halberd and let out a heaven-shattering shout one by one. Streams of essence qi erupted from their bodies, like a long rainbow, rushing straight into the depths of the dark clouds.
The earth trembled to the sound of the drums.
Thousands of mountains are silent, thousands of mountains tremble, and the atmosphere is solemn.
"Let's go!-"
Without too many words, Xian Yu Zhongtong gave an order, the war horse neighed, and the 180,000 Tang elite Hanjia Sensen, like a black oppressive dark cloud, galloped and roared, surging towards the Mengshezhao Empire in the south.
In the history of the empire, the elite of the Tang Dynasty of the 180,000 Andong Protectorate left the city they were stationed in for the first time, and launched their first war against a foreign country after a lapse of more than ten years!
Except for a teenager in the distant capital division, no one understood what this war really meant.
- Even if you are in the game!
"Whoa!"
And almost at the same time as the army opened at the same time as Xian Yu Zhongtong's order, carrier pigeons rose from all over the city.
These carrier pigeons did not fly to the capital division of Datang, but one by one crossed thousands of mountains and rivers, crossed the border of Datang, and flew to the northeast, northwest, due north, southwest, and west of Datang.
Goguryeo, Eastern and Western Turkic Khanates, Uszang, Dashi, Tiaozhi...... , I don't know how many forces are paying attention to the conflict between the Tang Dynasty and Mengshezhao on the southwest land of the Middle Earth Divine Continent!
The southwest has always been peaceful.
This is Datang's first large-scale operation, and the scale of the operation is even far beyond the operation in Longxi, Northeast, and Northwest!
And in the conflict between the kingdoms and the Tang Dynasty, this is also the first time that the Mengshezhao Empire has participated!
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